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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes of the architecture of theatres in saying, "as for theatres, the problem of design cannot start" how?
(a) Logically.
(b) Illogically.
(c) Viscerally.
(d) Demandingly.

2. What play was conceived by Peter Weiss, and based on many ideals of Brecht?
(a) Marat/Sade.
(b) Ubu Roi.
(c) The Investigation.
(d) The Screens.

3. Which country produced a television version of Ubu Roi which captivated the audience with its surrealism?
(a) Czechoslavakia.
(b) France.
(c) Britain.
(d) Israel.

4. In the cinema, who, according to the author, has single-handedly brought about a revolution by showing how relative the reality of a photographed scene can be?
(a) Lynch.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Godard.
(d) Fellini.

5. The sort of play that Shakespeare offers us is never just what?
(a) An enlightened tale.
(b) A Rough play.
(c) A series of events.
(d) A Holy play.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which Shakespearean play does the Holy/Rough theatre show in Falstaff; the prose realism of the inn scenes on the one hand and the poetic levels of so much else--both elements contained within one complex whole?

2. In what show is the climax of the first part one in which the stage action is a scribbling graffiti of war on to vast white surfaces, while a monument is formed to colonialism and revolution?

3. Who once did a production of Love's Labour's Lost where the character called Constable Dull was dressed as a Victorian policeman because his name at once conjured up the typical figure of the London bobby?

4. In the author's "formula" for creating and defining theatre, the first element is what?

5. What does the author say is "a sign and is an illustration--so it is a fragment of language"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author approach the concept of liberation with Shakespeare and Brecht?

2. What does the author speak of regarding Shakespeare and the Rough Theatre?

3. How does the author view "the actor?" Which British actors does the author compare in "The Immediate Theatre"?

4. How does the author describe the difference between "Rough Theatre" and "Holy Theatre"?

5. What does the author describe happening when a Brechtian approach is applied to other works?

6. How does the author feel that Brecht approaches the "Holy"?

7. How does Shakespeare embody both The Rough Theatre and The Holy Theatre?

8. What is the difference in world view between Brecht and Shakespeare?

9. What is one example of Shakespeare's which the author uses as an example in "The Rough Theatre", and what is he saying with this example?

10. How does the author describe the difference between staging in "rough" theatre versus traditional theatre?

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